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As tension gripped the Senate over a leadership row and the resumption of a hearing on the flood control scam, Malacañang called on the chamber to “shape up” as it denied that President Marcos had benefited from corruption and had a hand in the political drama unfolding in the chamber.

From Batangas and Laguna courts, the trial for the case of the missing sabungeros has been transferred to the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (QCRTC), according to the Department of Justice. DOJ spokesman Polo Martinez said the QCRTC will hear the kidnapping with homicide and serious illegal detention charges filed against businessman Charlie “Atong” Ang and several other respondents.

The new Senate leadership is planning to ask Malacañang for a special session for the Commission on Appointments.

The estranged brother of Senate President Alan Cayetano has been tasked to manage the government’s primary television station as some senators and Malacañang trade barbs over political rifts that derailed the work in the chamber.

Malacañang acknowledged the “new majority” and the leadership of Senate President Pro Tempore Win Gatchalian as Senate sessions resumed.